Benefits for Pennsylvania
- 26,000 jobs created by 2020; 41,000 jobs by 2030
- 651,000 fewer long-haul trucks annually on highways
- 10.5 million fewer gallons of fuel consumed annually
- 116,000 fewer tons of C02 released annually
- $35.6 million savings in annual congestion costs for motorists
- $9 million annual savings from accidents avoided
- $7.1 million savings in annual highway maintenance costs
- $177 million annual logistics cost savings for Pennsylvania businesses
- $95 million investment in new Greencastle intermodal facility
- $52 million investment in expanded Harrisburg intermodal facility
- $11 million investment in expanded Philadelphia Navy Yard intermodal facility
- 2,340 route miles
- 4,230 employees
- $290 million annual payroll
- $697 million in annual purchases and payments
- Governor Ed Rendell
- U.S. Senator Arlen Specter
- U.S. Senator Robert Casey
- U.S. Representative Bill Shuster
- U.S. Representative Tim Holden
- U.S. Representative Bob Brady
- U.S. Representative Todd Platts
- U.S. Representative Charles Dent
- U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy
- U.S. Representative Jim Gerlach
- U.S. Representative Allyson Schwartz
- U.S. Representative Chakah Fattah
- Franklin County Area Development Corporation
- Franklin County Planning Commission
- Franklin County Commissioners
- Adams County Pennsylvania Economic Development Corporation
- Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
- Pennsylvania Environmental Council
- York County Planning Commission
- Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
- Harrisburg Area Transportation Study
- Valley Quarries
- Richard Alloway II, Member, Pennsylvania State Senate
- John M. Perzel, Chairman, Pennsylvania House Urban Affairs Committee
- Patrick J. Harkins, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Rob Kauffman, Deputy Whip, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Thomas J. Quigley, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Todd A. Rock, Member Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Merle H. Phillips, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Jennifer L. Mann, Majority Caucus Secretary, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Andre Dinniman, Member, Pennsylvania State Senate
- Curt Sonney, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Dick L. Hess, Chairman, Pennsylvania House Commerce Committee
- Tim Solobay, Highways and Bridges Subcommittee Chairman, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Joseph Markosek, Majority Chairman, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Richard Geist, Minority Chairman, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Michael Gerber, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Gary Haluska, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Mike Carroll, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Ted Harhai, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Paul Costa, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Kate Harper, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- John Evans, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- David Hickernell, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Tina Pickett, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Mark Keller, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Jeffrey Pyle, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Bryan Lentz, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- John Sabatina, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Mark Longietti, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- John Siptroth, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Ronald Marsico, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Ronald Miller, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Chelsa Wagner, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Toney Payton, Jr., Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Katharine Watson, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Joseph Petrarca, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee
- Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance
- Phyllis Mundy, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Antrim Township Supervisors
- Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania
- Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC
- Carmen S. Italia, Jr., President, Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation
- Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter
- Harrisburg Mayor Linda D. Thompson
- Rob Henry, Executive Director, GVF
- Thomas G. Morr, President & CEO, Select Greater Philadelphia
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Learn more from Pennsylvania expert George Pomeroy.
George Pomeroy, a geographer and expert in community and land-use planning, is director of the Center for Land Use at Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Pa. Pomeroy answers questions about Pennsylvania and the Crescent Corridor here. Read More >